[The Hollywood Conservative]

[i]We lost because the experts in selling stuff, the MSM lied about the war since the day it began.
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That's ALWAYS been the case, and that is always going to be the case... If we want to win, we can't complain about it... We just need to overcome it through a more effective articulation of the policies we support and the truth of the facts on the ground.

Unfortunately, THAT'S what this administration has lacked for 6 years.

In the end, when the people understand WHAT the goal is, they will support it... "Stay The Course" worked for the 2004 election... You don't get to use something that squishy twice. We won in 2004 despite it, which gave us 2 years to come up with a BETTER message or strategy that resounded with the people. We didn't. We lost.

I understood why the President and the Republicans were defensive in his first term... The election of 2000 clearly didn't give him a mandate for ANYTHING... BUT, almost exactly 2 years ago, President Bush after winning re-election said "I now have political capital, an I intend to spend it."

Well... Can anybody tell me what he spent it on??? Because that aggressiveness seemed to leave him after his second inaugural.

[catholicfreeper]

He tried to spend it on Social Security reform. However it was such a non sexy issue that even the base was not enthused. Which is sad because its a real problem

[TomGuy]

Can anybody tell me what he spent it on???

Dubai ports deal and Miers SC nomination.

[bybybill]

The media scared off the Republicans in Congress and, Bush didn`t take his case to the people. But, never, especially during a War, was the MSM been this hell bent on one side winning an election. Even with talk radio and the internet, most Americans don`t believe that anything good is happening in Iraq and they have forgotten why we are there.